Stop Asking Permission: Expert Tips To Land Your Dream Job Now Originally published on A Girl in a Dress By Charell Star Frances Cole Jones knows a thing or two about landing that elusive dream job. The native New Yorker and… Read More
Underfashion Club: Frances Cole Jones Frances Cole Jones believes that every encounter provides you with an opportunity to positively influence colleagues, employers, even competitors. She joined The Underfashion Club on November 12th, 2014 to share… Read More
Yay You’re Anxious! (It Means You’re Alive) Recently, I had the opportunity to do an interview with The Legacy Project.  Their questions were great— thought provoking and fun. Among them was, “What is the best advice you’ve… Read More
Five Tips to Getting Your Dream Job Originally published on Women for Hire In her new eBook, Wow Your Way into the Job of Your Dreams, Frances Cole Jones shows job seekers how to take their skills,… Read More
Don’t Do Others’ Negotiating for Them Last week, I had the opportunity to speak on WPIX’s “Chat with Women” (For the full interview—about 20 minutes—click here) One of the topics we discussed was how to negotiate… Read More
The Polished Home Professional Originally published on project eve As more and more women start their own businesses and/or take advantage of flex time, the opportunities for home office professionalism to nose dive and/or… Read More
You Got the Call! Now What??: 3 Quick Wins for an Impromptu Interview For weeks, you’ve been STARING AT YOUR phone like a lovelorn teenager and then, today—just when you’d decided to put your focus elsewhere—you got the call! IT’S INTERVIEW TIME! Below,… Read More
Forget Being a Leader—Be a Follower (A First Follower) This past weekend I was lucky enough to participate in TEDx Colorado Springs. That talk is not yet available so in the interim I’d love to have you take a… Read More
“Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself…..”: Rules for Effective Introductions As those of you who read the title of this piece and began humming “Sympathy for the Devil” can attest, with this song Mr. Jagger did an excellent job of… Read More
Be Cynical about Your Cynicism Like many of you, I read David Brooks’ “Snap Out of It” piece in the New York Times this week http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/opinion/david-brooks-snap-out-of-it.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 with interest.   Whether you agree with some or all… Read More